Black and white/sepia postcard
Acc.no: PEZPH : 1989.746
Identification
Item: Bathing Beach, Penzance
Description: The bathing huts were intended for lady bathers, and companies had to be licensed by the local authority to let them out. When they wanted to bathe, the ladies would get changed in them and be towed into the sea. The idea was that the men would not be able to see them, and there was a bye law whereby gentlemen bathed in the mornings, ladies in the afternoons. Gentlemen were not allowed within 40 yards of the ladies' huts but could hire their own hut at least that distance away. Because at high tide the sea reached the promenade, the leasing of huts was very limited.
Condition: Good -
Description
Height: Mm
Width: Mm
Material: Postcard
Production
Method: Printed
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